 These are the best basketball performance sneakers for wide footers and heavy guards coming from a heavy guard guys Yes, and Andrew not only a heavy guard a heavy guard with very wide feet Listen guys a lot of people have been asking us for more basketball performance sneaker content Of course, we used to make a ton of basketball material in the past This is kind of just a way to update people because people want to hear about this And I'll tell you this Andrew most sneaker reviewers on YouTube have narrow to normal feet They do not have wide feet, and they're not heavy guards. We need wide foot Representation that's what this list is for so hopefully if you are a wide footer and you're wondering like all these new shoes Are a little too narrow the arches this way blah blah blah hopefully this video helps you Okay, or if at least you learn more about your foot so that you can identify shoes for yourself So make sure you like subscribe and turn on your notifications Andrew, but you know what is one thing an item that fits any size Small us off. I know this is random to talk about in a sneaker video But it is our very own chili oil check out the instagram or the website you can buy it right now It is delicious Italian Chinese got a little bit of truffle in it goes great on everything I'm telling you guys I'm built like Eric Gordon, Andrew Eric Bledsoe, Kyle Lowry, Jameer Nelson, Baron Davis, Deron Williams, Ray Felton, Jamal Tinsley Johnson, but don't don't say Khalid El Amino Wow, if you say Cal Lowry, you know Cal Lowry is trendy on the internet. Oh man Yeah, I'm sick But yeah, so I guess David how can people identify their feet because some people actually don't even know if they have wide feet Yeah, well, here's the thing a lot of feet they come in sort of different shapes and sizes So you can measure the width for me. I'm a 2e, but it's true You could even have a skinny foot and have a crazy bunion that shoots out like a weird angle I'm not necessarily referring to that situation. I can only speak for my situation I actually have a normal arch for example, Andrew. That's gonna impact it as well. Yes. You have a flat arch Yes, I have a fallen arch shot out to the flat footers out there Also, I have a fairly narrow foot But I didn't really need anybody to tell me that because every time I laced up a pair of shoes I would have to tie it super tight. You got to choke your laces to get that fit. Yeah, I've I've thin ankles too So it's like overall. I just kind of have a skinny foot Right, right, right. So there is other factors that play here Like you said even like ankle size and like foot volume and like mass and like depth There's all these stuff like mid-foot shapes and stuff like that Did you know they've even categorized like different races of people how their foot is uh, and me and you would fall under Mongolian big shock What about orient? That's not us. Oh, yeah, that or yeah, I guess we would be orient or Mongolian depending on the toe size Wow, these are some funny little like graphics. Yeah um, Andrew my number one Shoe for heavy wide-footed guards that you can buy right now that I actually think is heavily heavily underrated Is the jordan 37 mid into a lesser extent the jordy 37 low I'm telling you especially the mid the leno weave upper It can really accommodate a wide midfoot and a wide forefoot and this shoe Andrew gives you crazy bounce because of this gigantic carbon fiber shank plate and double stack zoom in the forefoot because Andrew If you're a heavy guard, you probably want a lot of pop and you probably want a lot of energy return Because you're going to throw a lot of energy into the shoe right you can't get that mushy cushioning or else You're just going to be flattening it like a pancake and I'm not going to lie Nike does have a monopoly on the super pop in the forefoot No, in terms of giving you the crazy energy return from the midfoot shank carbon fibers and things like that Zoom air double stack zoom air. It is an amazing cushioning to be honest. Now. I will say this Andrew the traction on these Is like barely getting it done. Why why for some reason this traction pattern unless the court is very clean It will struggle on dust and this is actually the chinese pair It's a pf with an even wider forefoot. These are the guai lun pees on the jordan 37 low I cannot hoop in this anymore because if you play on a dusty court and most courts that are not like pro courts Or college courts are dusty. You will slip out. Okay, so so clean courts only for this Yeah, so that is the unfortunate downside, but you know, that's the reality Nothing's gonna be perfect guys not every shoe is gonna be like 10 out of 10 at everything next up andrew I've got the big three 3.0 pro. This is definitely something I can recommend You know who's wearing this still in the mba right now Yeah, kcp continue this call. Well pope And um, yeah this andrew is like a beefed up harden three and the harden three You got to tell some stories about that. Yeah, I love the harden three. It's one of the best shoes Uh with full length boost and I thought it was it was a great shoe Uh, I wish that they just built upon it and made that better and that would have been They could have kept going right like why didn't adidas make this big 3 3.0 pro that also dim witty warm So david tell us about big three hold it up more towards, uh, your left side your left side. Yeah, yeah So this is a chinese shoe brand. Yes, but it's a high quality chinese shoe brand And it's where would you rank it to leaning because most people know leaning way of wade All right, so there's basically like two tiers of chinese shoe brands But they still even have like their own tiers within them leaning is by far the most expensive wow tenon an amazing shoe You know why I didn't make the list andrew it's for narrow footers This shoe is the highest end shoe from a second tier brand 361 but you would say it's comparable to a nike or maybe an adidas I would say this is a a better version of an adidas shoe because With the injected nitro nitrogen injected foam pellets andrew Chinese brands are giving you more energy return than adidas is right now because would you agree with me? Injected sometimes boost is kind of mushy and it doesn't necessarily give you the bounce back Boost is a little bit inconsistent with the implementation. Yeah, like adidas is bounciest technology is probably bounce pro not boost, right? Um, moving on andrew number three. I've got the jordan 34 mid I'm telling you this is an incredible shoe Yes, if you're more than 2e 3e 4e, this is not going to be for you. I think as a 2e I barely crammed in there. You're saying for super wide footers is probably not a good option But i'm telling you if you're a heavy guard this eclipse plate will give you crazy spring back It'll help you run up and down the cord. It'll help you with your verticality jumping up in the air It'll just make things feel a lot easier when you're just moving Laterally but specifically front to back right and there is a reason why all the marathon winners are setting world records in The vapor fly percentages right now because they also have a gigantic carbon fiber shank played in them Yes, they do so they're giving the uh the spring back effect moving on here I've got the lebron 10 and the lebron 10 elite This is like an all-time shoe. Yes. I mean this is a a lot of people think this is air max andrew This is air zoom max. Yeah, I mean no you need to do if you're a big guy if you're especially if you're like honestly 230 pounds and up you could wear this shoe. Yes, you should be wearing this shoe And uh, I believe they retro too So you don't get the retros if you can't get the old version, but you know you just gotta pay the resale listen um Moving on in this is sort of an extension of the lebron 10 but with a little bit more flexible upper You can get this for cheap right now number coming in at number five is the lebron 18 I see a lot of people still have the 18s man Yeah, and this is uh, it has double stacked zoom in the front, but then it has a big max air in the heel Surprisingly, I will tell you guys one thing that for a narrow footer like myself I can somehow wear the lebron 18 low Right, I think the low is meant for medium regular footers The regular 18 might be a little bit wider I have I can't really wear those but I can wear the 18 lows for some reason if you have knee pain Get yourself some lebron 18s immediately. You could get the EP twos Like I said the EP's and the pf's from china and or the xdr rubber It does make the traction 10 to 15 percent worse. So you have to judge it's very situational, right? You have to know what type of quartz you're playing on and almost in a way even how your foot strikes are If you're an incredibly shifty player traction becomes a higher priority for your individual situation Moving on number six. We got the why not 0.1 This was a classic shoe from and uh, interestingly enough, Andrew They they like stopped using the zoom setup with just full length zoom in it Right like now. They're just only doing zoom strobel And obviously they've uh, ended the westbrook line now moving on number seven Andrew is the peak tai chi flash 2.0. I actually had it with me. I can't find it right now But this is actually another cheaper chinese brand pica But this is one of their higher end shoes for for lou williams and the cushioning on this for heavy guards Was insane You know why because it took china's version of bounce china's versions of boost and another little like gel puck insert Called a pea soon puck and combined them all together in the forefoot So but the only down multiple techs I'll say the only downside was the pea soon gel it wears out kind of quickly Okay, uh, moving on to number eight and we've got the lebron 15 low. I know you can wear this shoe too It was okay. It's it's definitely got a wide base. I've seen a lot of heavy dudes I've been balled up by many heavy guys in this shoe Yes, and i'll tell you this the way that the outsole is curved the heel to toe transition for a heavy guard Is incredible dude. It is a really cool looking shoe too And then uh, they should retro this honestly. They got the battle knit uppers moving on andrew. I am You know putting an asterisk by this number nine I'm talking about the zoom bb nxt and the gt run which are actually very similar shoes to each other Interestingly enough right now andrew the gt run being worn by victor wendman yama. Wow bb nxt was being worn by I believe ben Simmons and uh mason plumbly So definitely some really heavy dudes Um, I would say this shoe was really crazy because you got triple stack react in the heel And you had double stacked zoom in the front, but the only thing was I did get an achilles strain in this line So if you think that's maybe just a freak thing that happened like it's maybe maybe not everybody's gonna go through No, I all right. Depending on how your body is Your achilles may get extra strain from wearing the bb nxt or gt run because the cushioning is very high It can be very mushy, but then the cut of the shoe is very low. That's what my orthopedic surgeon told me Wow, he said that this shoe does not have good if kittly support moving on to number 10 andrew We're back with lee ning. We have the yushuai 14 boom and boom low I have the boom mid right here. This is an expensive shoe. Jimmy butler wore this for multiple years Yeah, so I actually think this is a really good shoe. It's a little hard to put on But the only thing I will say and I do really like to shoe is the four foot cushioning with the foam It's like there's a lot of it, but I wish you could even get more bounce back effect from it But it's just tough for like the boom cushioning to imitate the feeling that zoom gives you Um, also the you know, I think if it's not on a clean court, it is kind of questionable Moving on and we're talking about the kairi infinity e p the wide foot version Have you seen any shoe be worn more recently than the kairi infinity is such a popular shoe? I would say it's a very much go-to like Sneakers shoe if you just need one for like you can get a pair probably for 90 bucks right now I would say it's definitely worth right because you're gonna get zoom in the heel zoom in the front Yeah, it's really flexible for any sort of like non pro player really gives you everything you need I'm moving on and or the number 12 the jordan 31 Man, this was such a classic shoe the upper it's gonna stretch to your foot They had the zoom unit protrude out of the bottom. However, I will say this and the traction was like a four out of 10 Dang Once you get to your tractions below a six It could ruin your whole day because if you slip out you can get injured Moving on to number 13 andrew We're just going to go through the jordan line real quick and uh talk about it real quick for how it was for wide heavy guards because Jordan was kind of heavy and most of the shoes are built for heavier guys to wear right um enter jordan 28 Had a crazy bounce effect. However, the zoom bags in the front would explode Right, right. They would pop that issue jordan 29 to jordan 30 pretty high ranked too narrow for me jordan 31 Like we said amazing cushioning But uh, I feel like basically the traction was too bad The jordan 32 was a little too narrow for me the jordan 33 had a horrible fit Nobody liked those in the whole nba except lamarcus aldridge moving on to jordan 34 amazing But it is expensive and i'm not gonna lie this shoe does break down fairly quickly Like you don't have that many wares and shoe where the blue void resell is like 400 dollars right now So do you want to buy a shoe or do you want to go get the jordan 37 for a hundred dollars right now? Yeah, that's a good shoe. It's very light though. Yeah jordan 35 Maybe even better than the jordan 34, but it had a crazy eclipse plate Judd out into your foot and literally something like I wore it one time I couldn't even walk for like two hours afterwards the jordan 36 That's a dope shoe a lot of double stack cushioning in the front great for heavy guards. However the traction 50 50 and it was a little too narrow and of course like we said, you know jordan 37 great for me I love this shoe. I think that the formula 23 puck in the heel a lot of people say it's too hard But actually on the later versions like for example this undefeated colorway It is softer Like but yeah, I know on the earlier colorways this heel part was like actually really painful for some people before the break And the jordan 38 just dropped. I can't even get my hands on a pair right now Nike, you know the nike in new york doesn't even have them But this looks like a pretty good shoe But shoes that I recently got that I think are also good for heavy guards and the katie 16 Wow now katie usually that's my line that I love and it fits narrow footers very well But you're saying this might be the first katie that wide footers can wear Yeah, I believe the katie line is shifting away from stuff that is more for lighter smaller guards Or lighter wings to heavier wings Because this shoe is heavily based off the penny two and the penny two is a little bit more of a maximalist shoe So shout out to the katie 16 I will say that it took me four or five wears to break it in on the sides But finally, you know, it did break in but I will say this this traction pattern can also struggle on dust So it really depends it's kind of situational Andrew new balance Everybody's talking about the two-way v4 Everybody's talking about new balance, but I'll tell you this. I'm going to try them on I just do not believe in the new balance cushioning because the kawaii line It's weird because kawaii is so heavy There's no cushioning Moving on and we've got the gt jump to you know, I don't have it yet But you know, it's a little bit soft in the heel for me But for heavy guard guards with wide feet, maybe looking at the ep pair and uh, and what do you think about what poom has been doing lately? Obviously with the scoot henderson line the uh pooman nitro pro or the mbo3 Yeah, I mean, I feel like scoot is Is he I wouldn't maybe classify him as a heavy guard, but he's definitely not a light guy I don't know. He might be heavy though. Is he considered heavy? I mean look at his body Well, then you gotta check out his shoes. Yeah, so that's why I'm looking at the pooman nitro pro Let me know what you guys know in the comment section below. So um, ultimately. Yeah, that was my list Of shoes that you can buy right now Whether in retro format or the current format for guards andrew that have wide feet and their body is heavy And they probably take heavy steps And you know why I think this is so important because so much advice out there is not tailored for this niche demographic, right? So I I mean I just feel like that People need to think about the shoes they have because a lot of people what they do is they just buy a shoe and most people They don't want to Be a sneak or freak about it. They just want to buy one shoe Hooping it until it's worn out even if it kind of chafes their foot or squeezes their foot They don't understand how bad that is for your foot if you continually playing a shoe that is too narrow for you Yes, if you are playing basketball and you're not thinking about what type of foot you have Do you have bunions? Do you have an extra big midfoot? Do you have an extra wide forefoot? Does your pinky toe kind of curl out in a world weird way? Why would you put yourself through that pain because you're not Having all the optionality on the table like if you've already broken in a shoe Your foot should not keep aching after you play basketball There's something is wrong three times max to be honest So the reason why I have a lot of recent shoes on this list is because I truly believe that sneakers are like cars Even though yes, I agree. Maybe they may be cheaping out on some of the material items They're using way less leather now or even going leatherless But I generally think and this is not a crazy statement even though some old school heads They're like so trapped in the 90s shoes get better just like car tech Andrew cars They get better right cars get better sneakers get better guys And uh, you just got to know what is the right one for your foot But that means you got to study your foot know your foot know what type of arts you have Know your widths and things like that what you like what you don't like Do you like a really tight fit? Do you like a really loose fit? Everybody is going to be different. It's situational. It depends on what court you're on It depends on even how you play if you play full court You might need a shoe with a really stiff carbon fiber shape plate to propel you down the court Like a marathon runner if you're only playing half court You might want to just get a loose shoe this very good ladder really like a kairi Yeah Listen guys, let us know what you guys think in the comments section below A lot of people were asking for performance basketball sneaker content We hadn't given you guys one in a while Let us know what you think in the comment section below what shoes are great for you Andrew you might need to do a narrow lighter list soon Maybe I will let me know in the comments if I should and until next time everybody we out. Peace